Hi" R O r . I - . n t f n.t ;l :W .':inpvur jiunu lr. ted States author! 1r Kalcn Island htgh- m q i minima iiiiat fir hc dUpoaal oi bage This wai de-the rlt v council ii ' t a aiscusmon oi : n the matter. I rame up with the communications D. D. MUrtyn. area ' and Col. F. W. !;f the United State : ir 'if i- from Col. Mar-'. ji-VTCfl Wl an unsiumaijr ar ins from the open , f i y garbage and j L -::1 Col F E. Coy. i ... .I.Hn.i SC '. ulliccr, as , ciactice delcatcd me jbic1 of the lnclnera- t and might result In llcrr.tr endangering oom and civilian population. ii wi, rrQuesiea 10 uikc ret ary iem wj jcmiuic Ir S5u: a'.lon from Col, ffced the use of the .1'.:. Ce rity to provide - for the engine turv.cr and the crushed r-rr,p which would en- It V ' lcs to gci up W) -tot nlatform and manholes. Knipe. medical :a:d that a. hes could be : ;h the Inclnera ,arge mases of .: Jd not be put B- ' would have to ". . tu' cans could be A would be re 5 -ate the bottles. ic: . a ri: le an me gar- t ; 'he clty-mu- t: 9r'' as military-. , . 11 a.,ked It It was not s the United SUtei putting all lb "a he incinerator j dumping some of It for ui ' He Aid. HUUi said adved that the Incln- wa:; not capable of tiR all the army garbage. lor addluonal garbage the rtt orit Knipe said he believed atlfmllltary garbage was being disposed of through the Incln-mtSTibut C yy Engineer O. S. i(anf d! rzcA that as late as flsgrlda 7 the Americans were garbage over the dump. hanh:p (hit PDOTKr.jjK! iingestcd that the uia nor auord to pass up i amounted to a modern Incinerator being hand- It In any case, something f,l? dene to alleviate an tary menace It was an ay out to accept the use modern plant at little f the council failed to act matter there might be rc from the Provincial of Health, Elliott did not like s. It Kccmcd a shame that imy should be dumping 'food uuch as loaves of to be burned. It would be If a piggery was cstab-to ronuume such garbage rovldc meat As a matter 1 he believed that the TbaRe was needed In the ator as fuel. lor the piggery proposal, ilpc said that health regis required that all swill ked before being fed to Army put all Its garbage (h the Incinerator for a WESMINSTKR WINS Vancouver New Westminster lodeitarj -vf feated, Vancouver a V 7 to 2 last night In '4 U fame of the new tt hotkey schedule. j imrrisii llll, Is Inc (Hum of a ftepara ence belweri Ormcs Limited JUiNANT r t nress llgnan ei oft, Pravda dan m report .pnfer-' 'epre- nentativcs an , Foreign .Minister . - Wbbentrop. SOUTH PACIFIC BOMBINGS AII.IEI) HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTH PACIFIC There have been further heavy Allied bombings of Gamata, New Itritaln, and Madang, New Guinea, where the Japanese have b!e. Nipponese shipping wpai alto lilt. took back Into custody four German prisoner of war who escaped during the week-end from a Northern Ontario lumber camp. SHOW WINDOWS BROKEN AGAIN Downtown Plate (Haw Comes In For Another Heating. Third Avenue's plate glass windows, those eyes that mirror the mercantile soul, caught It again last night. Two windows were broken. The first was said to be Incidental to the efforts of the management of a hotel to eject a number of sailors from the beer parlor at 10 o'clock. Due to Its inability to bend, a large window broke during the dls- Mon. Dr. Knipe uirbance. The Nary snore pa jred the Incln- mi u tald to be hokllnz tnree sailors in connection with the affair. The wetffldwliiduwaniashlns had none of the rollicking verve of the first. A large pane of glass In the front of William Stone's clothing store was broken appaffUly with either the Intent of theft or mischief. City police are Investigating the act which occurred shortly after 2 o'clock this morning. City Lock-up Is To Be Improved The condition of the city lock-up has been discussed by the city council's public committee which has decided to effect minor repairs, to request that the goal be cleaned up and kept In good condition and that provision be made in the estimates for providing new beds, mattresses and covers. Donations To Navy League Oeorgetown Lumber & Box Co. McLean's Shipyard Armour Salvage Co. Ltd. R. E. Benson J. E. Boddle De Jong's Grocery JudRe W. E. Fisher Oordon's Hardware Dr. C. H. Hankinson Geo. Hill Hnu.l At. MrNllllV It would be necessary to ri-w Klnir te the garble so used. N-i,cn Ilros. Fisheries Ltd. ' Hills was in sympathy Mfirfh-rn nr. rcr the idea of protecting the s E, pnrkcr Ltd. oi inc citizens out. do- Rhpdd(m'. orocerv scorning associated with RmUh & FJkln. Lld. rlnerator. he felt It would N A watl sc 10 maKo sure u was. rally workable. lly at the suggestion of inlpe, It was agreed to give iclncrator a try-out for ft of throe months with the fnglnccr checking up. Aid. and Aid, Arnold moving and recreation and aid In combatting Juvenile delinquency trends which were developing alarmingly here. The first venture of the ermakers' Union sports commlt-Itee. Mr. Stanton said was a $25 50 boxing club which some thirty or forty boys were attending 10 . it. r . VsA tf11 mA In displayed. If a gymnasium ; ",c could be obtained. It was pro- posed to extend activities to other lines of participant sports taking In both men and women. In season outdoor sporU would be developed. Mr. Stanton said the committee wai prepared to pay a reasonable rental for such premises ax might be available and .to provide equipment Mayor Daggett had no suitable place In mind at the moment but assured Mr. Stanton of the council's sympathy. Aid Arnold suggested the large play shed at Booth Memorial School land Aid. Elliot mentioned the 10 20 10 25 200 month after which the city would co-operate by putting Its through went unseconded. As for the gravel or crashed rock for the ramp which will .enable the city garbage trucks effect An amendment to get on the Incinerator plat- Id. Hills that the United form, It was pointed out that the army was ready to dig and deliver the material. Cove area and arrangements have been made for Installation of improved lighting In the vicinity of Booth School. The property is at the northwest corner of .Third Avenue and McBrtde Street. EarL Becker Is Assistant Chief Fireman Earl. Becker has been promoted to the position of assistant fire chief and W. II. lllll becomes mechanic at a salary of $10 per month In excess of the rate paid to first class firemen. A recommendation to this effect from the utll- at mc m wu ... , aia v. which much enthusiasm was Z t ' Interior Boys Are Casualties Donald lluvtell of Remo and Rjloh Andro of Vanderhoof Listed as Wounded. Latest casualty lists of th Canadian Army contain the names of two interior men who have been wounded overseas. One Is Cpr. Donald Ollbert RussclL son of Mrs. A. Russell of Itemo. listed as wounded .kiA unlitir -1ih an Alhprta Tnt Thn nihr wnnnnivt but re- dosed down after ; Ute opening malninR on duty. u Acting Cpl Mr Swift has been appointed' grown since former years and sergeant at Vancouver since there were so many problems 1929. Ho Is well known to the that full time on the part or I travelling public passing through the mayor was required. This I the Vancouver staUon during involved neglect of business or 'that time. Born and educated In 25 loss of remunerative work. He Ireland, Mr. e leu it oui rair mai me mayor .world war Swift served In I and was a prls- 25 be glvrn full remuneration per- oner In Germany for nearly a 1 1 . - -t A I A T. I i . 1 - I I rtMnn In 1 OIA 5 milieu, mil. Divik itrcvuui-u 11 n- ycur. turning ui vunouu in ic-v moiion mat me mayors salary ne siariea wnn me ujn.h. uh-be $2,000 and that of the alder- chanlcal department at Wlnnl-men $300. On the question be- peg In 1921 and transferred to ing put, Aid. Arnold nlone djs- the Investigation Branch as sented, constable a year later. He went to Jasper In 1924 and the fol- A studv has been made of lowing year was moved to Van- the street lighting In the Seal couver as constable. From 1927 to 1929. Mr. Swift was stationed at the Port Mann terminal and returned to Vancouver as sergeant In the latter year. .ocal Temperature I Local Tides Wednesday, Jan. 19 High 7:41 18.1 feet J ' 41 laxtmum 48 20:30 15.2 feet 41 Lot 0:58 8.1 feet llinlmum 14:06 8.1 feet k . -NORTHERN ND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUM BliVS NEWSPAPER CXXIII. No. 14 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.. TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS Inc. question INERATOR ;E TRIED .. c? .. 1. 1 . t 9 rtliy PKriiulon at C'oun- Mfftlnr, BULLETINS Churchill Now Back In Britain RECREATION FOR YOUNG recreational activities, particularly among younger people, which were being oigantzed by the sports and social committee of the union. There was a cry- ln nA fnr kmi iurt nf a riMSONERS ItECAPTUIlEO I , Prll nntvrt LONDON, Ont Police today ) provide healthful exercise Cooperative Given Option Boilermaker' Union AWs City An option for one year Council for Venue Need of granted by the city council to Combatting Juvenile Dellnq- Kaien Consumers' Co-operative uency. Association to purchase loU 13 land 16, block 18. section 1 at Ocorge Stanton, president of i their assessed value of $5,235 In the Boilermakers' Union, ap- consideration of cash payment Ipeared before the city council of J5Z3.50. which amount is w lajit night with the request that aopiy on me purcnasc price it the ccundl do something. !f I the option Is exercised and sub-possible, to assist in making I Jt to release of this property aval ab e a hall or building lor i muawu , Iff ? rstf5rW4-j4M . W3i v fc emmi-iw- sm-r. HOUSE CLEvtRING IN ORTONA -Corporal 'Smoky" Atkinson, of Ooodfair. Alta.. and Private W L. Squires, of Peace River, are shown moving down a street in Ortona, Italy, during the Eighth Army house-to-house Wearing operations in that city after eight day- of bitter street fighting. Padre Roy Durnford of Prince Rupert was there. New Sea Program Church Must Being Aired Here (Pay. Taxation Tales of the men who go iinnnrv nituaUon. There ... a tanxer wun a minion oouars should be a eatortlon of puo- totalllng m.Tz wxre ap-llc playing grounds which had fof paJTnent by tn. own intvriru-u w M - military Mayor's Salary Is Given Boost Daett to Receive S2.000, an Increase From $1,200 Which Watts Received. Mayor H. M, Daggcti will receive a salary of $2,000 this year, an increase from the $1,20Q which W. M. Watts, his predecessor in office, was paid last year. There will be no change In the aldcrmanlc .salaries of $300. This Is the effect of a motion which was passed by the city council last night with the approval of the entire council cxcepUng Aid. Arnold whose proposal ,that the Indemnities should be the same this year as last year failed to win even a seconder. council last night. T. P. Swift Aid. Ruddcrham, who moved Special Agent. Investigation Do 15 that the mayor's salary be $2.-jpartment. Canadian National 5 000. the maximum allowed by Railways, Prince Rupert-Jasper 5 . the Municipal Act, acknowl-1 territory, with headquarters at 10 'edged that last year's mayor , Prince Ocorge, succeeding the inlhad given a lot more time and late Kenneth Matheson. Mr. 25 work to the Job than he had Swift joined the C.N.R. 23 years in been paid for. The town had ogo and has served as police worth of airplane gasoline and Thomas Chaplin who was torpedoed the day war broke out and three tlmea more since then. The program Is belns presented as the Navy League of Canada's drive for membership runs into the final phase. The money subscribed by the drive will be used principally to provide aid and comforts for the seamen and for recreation facilities while they are ashore. George Caspar I-oses Ills Life At Premier, Police Are Advt. George Casper. 56, a minor employed at the Sllbak-Prem-irr mine near Stewart was killed on Saturday when he fell down a shaft of the mine. Word of the accident was received here this morning by the British Columbia Police. Tho information was ' routed to Prince Rupert via Hazelton which accounts lor the delay. Casper, who was single, was of German birth. There are no relatives. A request from' First United ich iTxho meme Church to remit ttta . . K.( their property has been consld- tadu.2!rJ!fR.!!fr5rS: to advise the trustees that the .rr.o. Tire tv;ru7e i L .u. ..-r. r,... remit taxaUon so long as the k. r;,-A n nffiu! cnt using tne rasemeni oi mis : of the new warwne Housing n . . Andr0)L mT1 of : r'"- church school bulld.r. . . yo7n ,r Andro. of Vanderhoof. " . i Rudderham stressed the " aovemur ui u.c v..- AW. . B BrU"n j iuh urgenry of somethlr Mns IZrJZ? i aeter, include those of John done to meet th Juvenile de- "",- i Boyle who gave his uie saving City Is Asked To Take Over A.R.P. Work The local Civilian Protection Committee Is being asked by the city council to carry on until such time as the city itself assumes responsibility for the A. R. P. This was the answer o a letter from J. J. Little, local A. R. P. chairman, the isffect nf whleVi In n.Oc the The local Sea Cadet branch Is cUy ume lts responsibility anoiner oi me mj s" and take over the work which efforts. Many a naval rating A p committee had and officer gained his early ; carryln out or some Tito Wounded? ,YugeSlav Partisans has been weured In Monenegrln fight ing was broadcast today by the LONDON. Jan 18 P--A rumor Cairo radio. There was no con that Marshal Tito, head of the flrmatum. Parks Board To Be Formed Proposal of Mayor Daggett Approved by City Council Last Night. Mayor H. M. Daggett's suggestion that a parks committee be organized here with the primary objective of Improving or restoilng existing playing fields in the city and the development of new ones was adopted by the city council last night. For the purr) -e cf constituting the proposed parks board a special meeting of the council will be held next Monday. The board under the Municipal Act shall consist of three members of the counch hd three citizens who must be ratepayers. Prime Minister To ffeke Report On War Asks 7 Time to Consider His Statement in Order Tv He May Plan Events in Connection with Second Front. LONDON, Jan. 18 (CP) Prime Minister Winston Churchill returned to London unexpectedly today after convalescing in the Middle East from an attack of pneumonia and told the House of Commons that he expected to make a statement on the war in the near future. The Prime Minister was given a great roar of applause ; 1 as he appeared quite by sur prise, from behind the Speaker's chair, bundles of papers under i his arm. He looked tired but happy. He asked that he be.j given "some lattltude" about the actual date for discussing the war. thereby indicating that he planned careful summary of events In prelude to a western Invasion of Europe. 5,000 DIE IN 'QUAKE BUCfOS AIRES, Jan. 18 (CP) Estimate that the death toll In the San Juan earthquake would reach five thousand was contained In a dispatch from San Juan Mori-day night. Rescue squads have recovered nine hundred bodies from the ruins. The damage Hestimated at $100,000,000. Take ALGIERS, Jan. 18 (CP; French troop? have occupied Santa Ella, three mile; northeast of Cassino on the Fifth Army front in Western Italy, Allied headquarters announced today, while at the other end of the front Canadians of the Eighth Array have launched a new attack. Canadian First Divblon troops, supported by tanks, opened a drive in the San Tomasso area about a mile inland from the Adriatic coast. Despite stiff opposition they made some gains which included a foothold across a stream flowing into the sea.' stream flowing Into the sea. One hundred big Canadian guns made a bombardment which could be heard for 30 miles. Key Town At Stake Its Fall Would Emfanger Whole German Grip On Southern Soviet. MOSCOW. Jan. 18 Red troops were repotted closing In today on Rowne (Rovno), key German communications centre 110 miles south of Plnsk, and the main objective of the Russian forces on the northern pdge of the Bzrdlchev-Warsaw railways, Inevitably would Im peril the German grip on a OFF NEW IRELAND JAP SHIP WAS SUNK ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA. Jan. 13 D American Navy planes sank a ten-thousand ton Japanese ves sel and set afire two other merchant men of a six-ship convoy off the Japanese base at Kavi-eng. New Ireland, on Sunday, headquarters announced today. Left burning were eight and six thousand ton ships. EDUCATION TAXATION City Council Decides Not to be Hasty About Move to Trans fer Cost From Land to Pub- llc'TTeasnfy" The city council hesitated 'last night about endorsing a resolution from the Union of New Drive is Launched Inland B.C. MunlciDaliUes that taxa From Adriatic French Town tlon for education be removed from the land and the cost be taken care of out of consoli dated revenue fund. A resolution by Aid. Arnold, seconded by Aid. Black, that the proposal be endorsed filled of passage, an amendment by Aid Hills and Aid. Rudderham that the matter go to committee for ln- vestlgatlon being Instead carried. Aid. Hills and Ala. Rudderham agreed that, no matter what form It took, taxation for education could not be escaped. It was a question of what form of taxation was most workable and most equitable. Aid. Black felt that one of the proposed changes was to help outlying parts. The amendment for reference of the matter to committee for study was carried with Aid. Arnold and Aid. Black Russians Are Closing In On Rovno MINE MISHAP CAUSED DEATH New Public Health Nurse Comes Here Miss Beurah Fry has arrived from Toronto to fill the vacancy on the nursing staff of the Pilnce Rupert Health Unit created by the transfer of Miss Ann Murray t6 Vancouver. Miss Fry comes to Prince Rupert fully trained and experienced in Public Health. She spent five years with the Victorian' Order of Nurses In Ouelph and Weston and has had three and one-half years experience In vast area of southern and i Public Health Nursing n the southwestern Russlo, already threatened by General Vatut-in's left, wing driving toward the Rumanian frontier. City of Kingston. In addition she spent some time on the staff of a training school for nurses In the East. Atfi ji